W&M Washington Center Presents
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As part of the Year of Civic Leadership, the W&M community will come together to read The New Civic Path: Restoring Our Belief in One Another and our Nation by Richard Harwood. Join the W&M Washington Center for a facilitated discussion led by Dr. Roxane Adler Hickey to explore how you can put the principles of The New Civic Path into action to address our country's challenges, reclaim our shared agency, and take real action together.
Richard Harwood is the founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with nearly 40 years of experience helping communities bridge divides and tackle shared challenges. His practice of Turning Outward has spread to all 50 states and more than 40 countries worldwide. Harwood has been called upon to address some of the most difficult challenges facing communities, including helping guide civic conversations in Newtown, Connecticut following the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School
A brief synopsis of The New Civic Path
We are suffering from a crisis of belief in our country today. So many people have lost faith in America -- in our leaders, institutions, and even one another. The status quo is not working for far too many of us. Our central task today is to meet this historic moment. But how do we grow our belief that we can get things done together -- not as Republicans or Democrats or Independents, but as Americans? How do we rebuild trust and reclaim agency?
In this deeply personal manifesto written while crisscrossing the country for his "Enough. Time to Build." civic campaign, Richard C. Harwood reveals how we can address the fundamental challenges holding us back in America today. We must dedicate ourselves to forging a new civic path that grows our belief that we can move forward amid our real differences. The New Civic Path is a must-read for those who want to spark civic renewal and get our communities and the country moving again.
Borrow an ebook version through Swem Library at go.wm.edu/d18R1J or scan the code below: